Construction of Vietnam’s Largest Airport Set for Completion in 2025

The construction work on the runway for Vietnam’s largest airport Long Thanh is set to begin in December, almost two years after the project’s ground-breaking ceremony, reported GCR.

Nguyen Van Hung, an official at the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), said tenders had been launched to find a contractor to build the airport’s runways, taxiways, and apron.

The bidding is expected to be completed in two months so that the construction will be started in December, he added.

The Ministry of Transport had already completed the appraisal of 90% of the airport’s technical design documents.

Long Thanh is to be located on a site in Dong Nai province, about 40km east of Ho Chi Minh City. The construction of the first phase is expected to cost US$4.1 billion.

The first phase includes one 4km-long runway with a width of 75m and a 373,000 sqm terminal that can accommodate 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tons of cargo per year.

This phase is expected to be complete in 2025, while two other phases are set for 2040. Under two phases, three runways and four passenger terminals will be built to

Vietnam is also planning a to build 38km light rail connection with Thu Thiem, just east of Ho Chi Minh City, and a rail connection with a future North-South high-speed line.

 

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